Percival Wilde

Percival Wilde
Born(1887-03-01)March 1, 1887
New York City, US
DiedSeptember 19, 1953(1953-09-19) (aged 66)
New York, US
OccupationPlaywright, writer
GenreDetective fiction, Comedy
Notable worksInquest (1938)

Percival Wilde (New York City, March 1, 1887 – September 19, 1953) was an American author and playwright who wrote novels and numerous short stories and one-act plays. He also authored a textbook on the theater arts. Native to New York City, Wilde graduated from Columbia University in 1906, and worked for a time as a banker.[1] He began writing plays in 1912,[1] and joined The Lambs Club in 1947.[2]

Wilde's plays were especially popular in the Little Theatre Movement.[3]

List of works

Novels

  • The Devil's Booth (1930)
  • Mystery Week-End (1938)
  • Inquest (1938)
  • Design for Murder (1941)

Collections of short stories

  • Rogues in Clover (1929)
  • P. Moran, Operative (1947)

Plays

  • Dawn and One Act Plays Of Life Today (1915) ISBN 978-0-548-52580-7
    • Dawn
    • The Hour of Truth
    • The Noble Lord
    • The Traitor
    • A House of Cards
    • Playing With Fire
    • The Finger of God
  • Confessional, and Other American Plays (1916)
    • Confessional
    • The Beautiful Story ISBN 978-1-4254-7780-6
    • The Villain in the Piece ISBN 978-1-4254-7777-6
    • A Question of Morality ISBN 978-1-4254-7779-0
    • According to Darwin ISBN 978-1-4254-7778-3
  • The Unseen Host, and Other War Plays (1917) ISBN 978-0-548-94615-2
  • The Reckoning (1922) [4]
  • Eight Comedies For Little Theaters ISBN 978-0-548-52675-0

Films (Story)

  • Moonlight Follies (1921)
  • The Guttersnipe (1922)
  • The Rise of Duton Lang (1955)

Nonfiction

  • The Craftmanship of One-Act Plays (1923)

References

  1. ^ a b Manly, John Matthews; Ricker, Edith (1922). Contemporary American Literature. Harcourt, Brace. p. 162.
  2. ^ "The Lambs". the-lambs.org. The Lambs, Inc. (Member Roster). Archived from the original on May 31, 2022. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  3. ^ Fisher, James; Londré, Felicia Hardison (2013). The A to Z of American Theater: Modernism. p. 516. ISBN 9780810870475.
  4. ^ Wilde, Percival (1922). The reckoning; a play in one act. Boston: Walter H. Baker Company. Retrieved December 15, 2025. The first Little Theatre production of The Reckoning was made by the Players Detroit Michigan February 18, 1922
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